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Woody Allen, a wellspring of neurosis-laced insight, famously quipped about a subject that owns the last word: "I am not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens." Most Americans can relate. We don't want to be there. Heck, we don't want to be in the same ZIP code when death's even mentioned. Numbers bear that out. Ninety percent of Americans say discussing death with the dearly undeparted is critical. However, follow-through is spotty — less than 30 percent actually talk the talk. Problem is, numbers don't lie. Life carries a 100 percent mortality rate. Talking now about death — where, how, and under what...

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Woody Allen, a wellspring of neurosis-laced insight, famously quipped about a subject that owns the last word: "I am not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens."
Most Americans can relate. We don't want to be there....

Floyd and Violet Hartwig had spent the past 67 years of their lives together and when they died, they did that together too, holding hands until the end.
The two were married on Aug. 16, 1947 and before their deaths on Feb. 11 they had three children...

WINTER SPRINGS — Shirley Lofgren, 85, is being forced to sell the sun-filled, waterfront condo she and her husband bought nine years ago for less than a third of the $217,000 they paid for it.The sale is allowed under a "condominium termination"...

Sunday is soup day. Rosemary Rutland has a pot of ham-and-bean soup on the stove. Her creamed cauliflower soup, a family favorite, will come later. Then she will cook cornbread in her mother's iron skillet. Her son, Tim, will come by their Deltona home in...

Often enough, the general public continues to identify and associate memory loss and cognitive decline as unique characteristics belonging to Baby Boomers or members of the Greatest Generation. In fact, Alzheimer’s dementia symptoms are rarely...

Here are your stories for Tuesday in Central Florida: a surge in hit-and-run deaths; new water park at Universal; child neglect in Ocoee; and Bucs could pick Jameis Winston.
1. The Florida Highway Patrol started an annual campaign to combat hit-and-run...

When Penny Woodruff was a student at Princeton Elementary, her mother made a cheerleader uniform for her and every other member of the squad.
When she called home from the University of Florida in hysterics over what she thought was a C in a course,...

We are all contemplating what to do for Valentine’s Day. Cards, flowers, phone calls and a dinner out might give family caregivers and loved ones a reason to visit. Valentine’s Day offers a practical yet a compact time-frame to reassure older family...

Social ties and the opportunities for social interaction are considered strong forecasters of a senior’s well-being. However, 12-percent of seniors reported they rarely or never receive the social and emotional support they require, according to the...

Three relatives accused of exploiting an elderly man are no longer facing charges, after the cases against them were dropped or dismissed since their arrests, records show.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office last year announced the arrests of Cynthia...

OCALA — A Central Florida woman has surrendered her nursing license after she was charged with placing hot sauce into the mouths of two sleeping dementia patients.
Tracie Nellis was charged last summer with battery on a person age 65 or older...

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UPDATED: "The Celebrity Apprentice" in the end pitted diplomatic Leeza Gibbons against hurricane Geraldo Rivera.
Diplomacy won -- to Donald Trump's surprise.
"Leeza, you led with kindness. I don't see these people in New York,"...

In the breakfast room of his Orlando home, where he indulged his passion for Blue Bell vanilla ice cream for 37 years, William Charles Shuffield's family spoke about a lawyer who hated the limelight.
"He was the guy in the back of every group...

Dr. Phillips Center and Florida Hospital have come together to create a school and research center that focuses on the intersection of arts and health, an initiative that could put Central Florida in the forefront of this emerging field.
The Dr. Phillips...

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Southern belle. Businesswoman.
With a lilting Southern inflection to her voice, and an affinity for hugs, the former vice president of marketing and business development for the Seminole County Regional Chamber of Commerce flourished where the two...

Sean Stanton is the co-owner and CEO of Compass Research, a clinical-trial company in Orlando. With nearly two decades of experience in the field, Stanton and his partners established Compass in 2006. Company officials said that they grew by 25 percent...

New Vision for Independence Inc., a nonprofit that provides assistance and training for blind and visually impaired individuals in Lake and Sumter counties, will have its fifth annual Low-Vision Expo from 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 12 in the Magnolia Room at...

What happens when we cut government programs whenever we have to provide disaster relief? We turn a natural disaster into an economic one. That's Economics 101.
Disaster relief is a form of insurance. You pay it in good times, and it pays you in bad...